Article of personal wear



June 24 1924.

D. H. FANNING ARTICLE OF PERSONAL WEAR Filed Sept. 16 1922 IlI Patented.lune 24, 1924.

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ARTICLE OF PERSONAL WEAR.

Application led September 16, 1922. Serial No. 588,597.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, Davrn H. FANNING, a citizen of the TUnited States,residing at llVorcester, in the county of lWorcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented or discovered certain new and usefullmprovements in Articles of Personal Wear, of which the following is aspecification, reiterence being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention has for its object to provide ornamental stiflenedsections for corsets or other articles of personal wear, as ln'assiers,bandeaux, belts, or the like, such ornamental stiffened sectionscomprising' layers of fabric joined together by spiral stitching ofconsiderable extent, forming what may be termed medallions, a stiifeningcord or ne wire being preferably laid between the layers of fabric andthe rows of spiral stitching to stifle-n the medallions to an extentgreater than would result from the spiral stitching alone.

ln the accompjanying drawing Fig. l represents a part of the backportion of a corset embodying the present invention, and Fig. 2 is anenlarged diagrammatic section on line 2 2. of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawing, l2 denotes a flat medallion at each side ofthe central part of the corset back, said medallion being formed byclosely arranged rows of spiral stitching lf3, preferably done by asewing machine having a suitable attachnient. These medallions affordornamental and stiffened portions of the corset. To further stiften theornamental medallions a cord or ne wire 14E is preferably spirallydisposed between the fabric layers 15 and the spiral stitching 13.

While the drawing shows the spirally formed medallion sections as beingapplied to the lower back part of the corset, it will be understood thatthis is merely a preferable arrangement of the ornamental medal- Alionsand that they may be differently applied, as to the sides or the frontof the corset, and may be embodied in other articles of personal wearthan corsets, as hereinbefore indicated.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent l. An article of personal wear having a flat ornamentalmedallion comprising layers of fabric joined together and stiffened byclosely arranged rows of spiral stitching, with a spirally disposedstiflening member between the layers of fabric and the spiral stitching.

2. n article of personal wear having a flat ornamental medallioncomprising laycrs of fabric joined together and stifle-ned by closelyarranged rows 0f spiral stitching, with a spirally disposed stiffeningwire between the layers of fabric and the spiral stitching.

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DAVID H. FANNING.

